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Elizabeth Hokoana, right, seen in an amateur video captured shortly before the shooting. Photo via YouTube

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Prosecutors Say Red Square Shooter Was Looking For a Fight

Elizabeth Hokoana has been charged with first degree assault for shooting Joshua Dukes in the stomach during the…

Break Free protestors pose in Anacortes. Photo by Sara Bernard

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Five Things We Learned About the Environment (and Environmentalists) This Year

Happy Earth Day!

Has Seattle’s Love Affair With Tax Measures Come to An End?

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Has Seattle’s Love Affair With Tax Measures Come to An End?

Seattle has long been known for never meeting a tax hike it didn’t like. Now some aren’t so…

There Are Now 750 People on Hunger Strike at the Northwest Detention Center

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There Are Now 750 People on Hunger Strike at the Northwest Detention Center

A rally today will determine whether the strike should continue.

Mayor Murray walks past his husband, Michael Shiosaki, left, and his attorney, Bob Sulkin, before speaking to the media on Friday, April 7, 2017, in Seattle. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

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Ed Murray’s Campaign War Chest an Obstacle for Would-Be Challengers

Recent accusations of sexual misconduct open the door for candidates with similar politics, but the mayor’s early fundraising…

The New York Times Published a Crossword Puzzle Constructed by a Washington State Inmate. People Weren’t Happy.

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The New York Times Published a Crossword Puzzle Constructed by a Washington State Inmate. People Weren’t Happy.

The case prompted input from the paper’s public editor.

Advocates of the Ave say the current zoning encourages walking. Photography by Ted Zee

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The Ave Is Funky, Freaky, and Facing a Reckoning

The University District upzone is threatening the neighborhood’s much-loved commercial heart. But is it worth saving?

Row House. Photo by Jose Trujillo

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Row House, a South Lake Union Hold Out, Is Slated for Destruction

The site is literally going to shit.

Braving Saturday’s rain, Mark and Peggy Shinkle (left), of Everett, chat with Pam Pritzl (center), of Camano Island, while Graham Hutchison (right), of Camano Island, looks out over the land on Port Susan Bay near Stanwood during a guided tour by The Nature Conservancy as part of the 10th Annual Arlington-Stillaguamish Eagle Festival. Ian Terry / The Herald

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Jay Inslee: This Winter Was a Goddamn Disaster

He’s asking, um, Trump for a little help.

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Murray’s Accuser Says He’s Ready to Tell His Story Under Oath

But first, his lawyers want to know about ‘the noted mole.’

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. Courtesy of the City of Seattle

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Answers to the Big Questions Surrounding the Allegations Against the Mayor

Is this political? What does it mean for the mayor’s race? Did the ‘Times’ tell the whole story?

Sound Cities Association Executive Director Deanna Dawson and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson speak at a SCA dinner in Kenmore. CATHERINE KRUMMEY / Kenmore Reporter

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Ferguson Releases Guidance on How Washington Cities Can Resist Immigration Agents

At first glance, the report looks like a resistor’s guide to municipal government.

Dems Target Reichert With Trumpcare Attack Ad

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Dems Target Reichert With Trumpcare Attack Ad

The bill’s dead, but the DCCC hopes Reichert’s committee vote will come back to haunt him.

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GOP-Business Alliance Launches Slick “Lower My Tabs” Campaign

Conservatives are trying to drum up support for bills that would cut Sound Transit tax revenue by $6…

An anti-Trumpcare rally in Issaquah. Nicole Jennings/Issaquah Reporter.

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Is Reichert Softening His Stance on Trumpcare?

The King County Republican is now “undecided” on the bill.

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Sound Transit Signals Little Interest in Changing Plans In Light of Car Tab Furor

‘A promise is a promise.’

A drawing of the Lynnwood Link Light Rail station. The rail expansion was banking on lots of federal funds that the Trump administration just put in jeopardy. Via Sound Transit

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Trump Budget Roundup: Homeless, Light Rail, and Listeners Like You Facing Big Cuts in Seattle

Maybe we can all get jobs at Fort Lewis?

Courtesy of the Office of the Governor

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Jay Inslee Says 700,000 Will Lose Coverage Under the Republican Health Care Plan

The Dem says the Republican plan is worse than simply just repealing Obamacare.

Jon Grant. Photo courtesy of candidate.

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Jon Grant Says He’s Signing Seattle’s Homeless Up for Democracy Vouchers

The council candidate says the program offers those on the margins an new voice in public policy.

(Daniel Ramirez Medina/Public Counsel via AP, File)

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Arrested Dreamer Speaks Out: ‘The Government Already Knows I’m Not a Gang Member.’

Daniel Ramirez Medina spent his 24th birthday detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.